The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-07-11
M'GLYNN'S FRIENDS.
They Enthusiastically Decide to Stand by
Him in the denomination Ordeal.

NEW YORK, July 1O.-The anti-poverty meet
ing tonight was the largest yet held many per-
sons being drawn thither no doubt In view of the
recent communication Of DR.. McGlynn. The
academy of Music was crammed, and the man
ass=-enr found it necessary to hire Irving Hall.
diAecty opposite, for an overflow meeting. This
too, was soon packed, and hundreds were turned
away unable to find admission James J. Ga
han, of the Catholic Herald. presided over the
Academy meeting, and John Feeny over that in
Irving Hail. A choir, composed Of members of
Dr. McGlynn's old church, struck up March
ing to Freedom" to the air Of s.Marchng Through
Georgia" as the Doctor entered the Academy.
The effect was electrical. The burst of applause
from 900 throats was carried to the crowds In
the street and thence to the Irving Hall meeting.
Chairman Gahan said in his Introductory
speech;
in matters political not one jot of our allegiance
is rendered to any power or potentate, but in its
entirety is given to the laws and constitution OF
the United States. [Cheers. All of you went
to your several churches this morning In not
one church did any ono dare to stand up and
read the decree of Michael Augustine Corrigan.
IHisses and cat calls When the church
thorities attack and depcse holy man whose
very shoe latches they are unworthy to unite,
they go to the daily press to promulcate their
edicts They do not publish them from their
holy pulpits."
DR.. McGynn was received with vociferous
applause. During the course of his speech ne
said
"Our God is mercful as we'll as q wise one.
He will never condemn any being who follows
the dictates of his conscience, even be that con-
science errinz one. In obeying it he is for
ever obeying the will of God. as says dogma of
the Catholic faith, and according 10 all Christian
philosophy and teachings the man who goes
against his conscience sins against the Holy
Ghost; and despite the power of any authority,
even the Pope, if a man does or says anything
In obedispce to that power if in SO doing he goes
against his conscience he sins II even a high
Roman tribunal summons man before them
for teaching the truth which he knows
to exist. and If that tribunal should
condemn his doctrines without giving them
trial, and command him TO retract them it is
his duty before God to refuse TO do So fCheers
And if it was in his power, it one time was,
but thank God no longer is to imprison and
martyr the truth in the persons of those who
have read Gods word ia nature before they have
been able tos SEQ il; should they summon him
and command him to retract under the penalty
of imprisonmrnt or martyrdom 1t is his duty to
resist and even be burned alive at the stake,
rather than commit the objectionable sin against
the Holy Ghost of declaring what his conscience
believed to be false.
If you want to see true devotion to the Catholic
Church. go where it is in minority and with
little power, as in Ireland and Germany. 1
assert that know a German American bishop.
an intimate friend of Cardinal Gibbons, who
said that the Roman authorities wanted to have
nuncio at the court of King Grover the First. y
Here the Doctor stated the reference to King
Grover was only joke. "It is drol and in
conceivable one, the idea of having q puucio at
Washington, but entirely in keeping with the
doings OF those who conceived the idea of send
ing two Italian prelates to Catholic Ireland. It
was with a thorough knowledge of tho matter
had in hand that said italian nuucio would
be source of corruption and slavery to the
Catholic Church in America / Also SAID to an
eminent Catholic lawyer that. with my hnowl-
edge OF Rome, thought it better to show ones
teeth than to eat humble pie when endeavoring
to get favors from 1t. As long Catholic peo-
pie continue to let the Pope do as he pleases in
politics we'll as in religion. allowing cardinals
to be elected by the assemblies. and daring to
forbid an American priest from making any po-
litical speeches attending any political meet
ings without the permission of the propaganda,
which thinks that Florida is suburb of New
York, and Mobile q street in San Francisco-so
long as such is allowed long will the Irish,
German and American poor be sold OUT for any
price that Rome can get in return. =.
Referring to tho insinuatiou that, like other
priests who have been excommunicated, %
would get married. DR.. McGiynn solemnly de-
clared that he would never marry, and that his
bride forever was the church. DIR.
McGlynn then reviewed the points in his
and refuted the. charges against him.
No one but God could divorce him from his
land theory. The speaker said he had received
q postofice notice that there was a registered
letter for him, and had sent friend to get
the letter. but mp to this morning had not re-
ceived it nor the notice il was supposed to con-
tain. He had, therefore, this morning partaken
OF the sacrament
In conclusion he said that whom asked What
you going to do about it|' be could only say.
ITO bs continued in tho next chapter
The address was frequently applauded. Henry
George and others also spoke